Hey all.
I posted a similar post in an old thread the other day, but it didn't seem to be getting any views, so I have made a new thread.
I was in Japan for 1.5 years on a Working Holiday Visa, and departed before I never received a Residency Tax letter in the mail and ofcourse, I surrendered my Gaijin card on departure. Now I am back here on a holiday visa (still at the same address) and I have just received it. Since I handed in my Gaijin card on departure, and DIDN'T put this address as my place of residence when I returned, wouldn't my city office assume that I am no longer here?
I am not really sure how it all works, but before leaving Japan I never went to the city office to tell them I was leaving, I just handed in my gaijin card when I departed. Does handing in the Gaijin card 'cancel' my reidential status, or are there no connections between the city offices and immigration?
Because the way I see it, if I was staying at the address I put on my embarkation card (different to where I am currently residing, and to where I was staying for the 1.5 years), I would have never seen the letter....
Please don't take this thread as an 'I don't want to pay my tax' thread, I am just wondering how it all works, and SHOULD I have gone to my city office before leaving Japan? I have checked their website, and there is nothing there to say I should have.
I am just wondering where I stand.
Thanks for the help!